What's the temperature where you are?

[malaise]

According to our Met office, yesterday was the hottest day in Kingston, Jamaica in 20 years - 98.42F.

It's 89F right now.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

1. A sunny 78F in Avalon NJ @ 7pm

[Siwsan]

2. We're at about 60, in Flint MI.

It hit the mid 70's, today - 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. The 10 day forecast is for high 70's-low 80's. Seems kind of cool for August.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. 91 in Houston with 70% humidity

It got up to 101° last Saturday.

[BannonsLiver]

4. You're in Kingston?

I've always wanted to see it. I've been to Jamaica a number of times but only once outside the tourist zones.

We're coming out of a major heat wave here in central Oklahoma. High 80s here today which is somewhat cool for the time of year.

[malaise]

12. You never see a country in tourist zones

[BannonsLiver]

22. No doubt about it

I enjoyed getting out of the hustle and bustsle of Montego Bay and Rios but if you live among the cows and tumbleweeds in a land locked state those beaches are a powerful allure.

I've always thought Kingston was similar to Johannesburg in that it has an unfair reputation for not having much to see in a country where there's a lot of tourism. In South Africa everyone wants to go to Cape Town or on safari or to Durban and the beach.

But I found Johannesburg to be a lot of fun and interesting culturally. I have a feeling Kingston would be much the same way. I'd also like to see some of the other southern coastal areas of Jamaica.

Anyway, here's to travel and to the broadening of perspectives.

[Mrs. Overall]

5. Seattle area--90 degrees and lots of smoke from wildfires--

Very hot for this area. We are usually in the 70s.

[nolabear]

15. Crazy, innit? That smoke is making people sick.

I had a scratchy throats and itchy eyes yesterday and I'm not sensitive. I know folks who are wearing masks and using their inhalers. Thank goodness it didn't get quite as hot as they expected.

[malaise]

56. The asthma folks must be

suffering big time. Hope this too passes soon.

[suffragette]

65. Unfortunately, they are now predicting no real relief until NEXT Friday from the high temps and

The smoke.
Took a bus today to run a couple errands and was tempted to stay on it and bask in the air conditioning. Doubt they'd let me stay on for the whole week, though.

[malaise]

66. Damn

Protect yourselves

[suffragette]

77. Thanks for the good thoughts. Are they predicting more record heat for you?

[syringis]

6. hi from belgium

It is 1 AM here and it's 18°C (65°F)

Belgium has a temperated climate and rainy.

[malaise]

14. That's cool

Heard Spain and Italy are boiling hot

[OnDoutside]

7. Midnight here and a balmy 55F :)

[malaise]

18. You're the coldest

Looks like most folks have gorgeous weather in the 70s.

[OnDoutside]

75. It's great not having to be concerned with air-conditioning !

[Shandris]

8. 62 degrees in lovely Central Indiana, USA.

20 mph breeze, still moist after the rain and tornados yesterday. Good day for walking if you don't mind the wind; went to the park for a quick jaunt before visiting my grandmother.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. 78 degrees in Pittsburgh Pa.,

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. 78 in kc

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. 74 F in Minneapolis.

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. sultry 90 on my Raleigh NC deck - nice breeze...good morning for a lake kayak

about to head out to walk the dogs.

[Gabi Hayes]

70. Hot as, uh......here:

[rainbow4321]

16. 73 and cloudy in Albuquerque

So much nicer than the weather at home (Dallas) where it has been in the 90's with 60-70 % humidity!

[Little Star]

17. 75 & partly cloudy here in the outskirts of Boston

[drmeow]

19. 105 - its been unseasonably cool here

the normal this time of year is around 115 - but its been overcast with rain early last week and an amazing monsoon storm yesterday which has cooled it off

So, obviously no global warming

[malaise]

83. Where are you?

Damn that's hot

[drmeow]

90. Phoenix, AZ

It is not yet 10 and it is already 95 but that's actually not to bad for this time of year. However, the current humidity is 40 which is about as high as it gets here so that's going to make today's forecasted 105 worse than when the humidity is 5!

There have been times in late Aug, early Sept where the overnight lows have stayed above 100. I think the highest official temp I've seen since living here was 121 or 123.

I actually like the heat so I don't mind. I prefer 115 in the summer to negative temps in the winter.

[MissB]

20. 95 and smoky in my part of Portland

Cooler today though

[Kaleva]

21. 66 and cloudy here in Upper Michigan

[Motley13]

23. 87 Fort Lauderdale, feel like temp 98 at 7:30PM

[Doreen]

24. Centralia Washington 88

[maveric]

25. 85 and humid. San Diego, CA

It didn't used get humid here.

[ProudLib72]

26. In Lakewood, CO right now it's 88F

However, yesterday was overcast, drizzling, and 65F. We are supposed to go back to overcast, drizzling, and 65 on Monday. So today and the weekend are the outliers. Very odd weather pattern.

[SouthernIrish]

28. 82 in Kingsport, TN

[shanti]

27. 91 degrees and 25% humidity

this is in Northern California. I had to go to Costco for my monthly grocery trip, and the humidity about did me in! It's not normally humid here. You're probably used to it though?

[Grammy23]

29. 80 degrees at 6:30 p.m. Feels like 86.

It has rained all day---started well before dawn---and throughout most of the day. More rain expected overnight and tomorrow. Last week was brutal with heat and high humidity, so the cooler temps this week are more than welcome!
Pensacola, FL

[Warpy]

30. Thunder in the distance, light rain, mid 70s

and it's not part of the monsoons. We haven't had any real monsoon flow this year. It's the worst year I can remember.

There should be another storm coming through next weekend, also not part of the monsoons. However, with the days shorter, we won't get the killing heat we got back in June.

[elleng]

31. WOW! 86 here 'actually,'

and 80 'officially.'

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

32. 81 central S.C.

Early cool spell

[Cal Carpenter]

33. Cold here, just above 60 in SE Michigan.

Feels like fall. It was steamy hot a couple weeks ago, sorta hot but normal for a bit, and then today the temps just plummeted.

But there's a saying here: "If you don't like the weather, just wait a few hours".

[Shrike47]

34. 94 degrees and really smoky in Eugene, Or. 83 degrees in the house. No air conditioning.

We don't usually need it beyond a small wall unit in the bedroom. Arghh!

[malaise]

39. We don't have AC either

lots of fans - electricity is too expensive. Oregon is really hot these days.

[intheozone]

35. 90 degrees in Sacramento CA, little cooler

today with light cloud cover.

[alp227]

59. It's a humid 80 over in San Jose

Feels more like the Gulf Coast than the West Coast!

[surrealAmerican]

36. a whole lot colder than yesterday

It's 67 here in Chicago. It was down in the 50s when I went out this morning.

[canetoad]

37. Bloody freezing. It's winter.

On Bass Strait.

Actually, it never freezes here, today is about 14c. Usually winter is straight off the antarctic. This year's been a bit different, something is going on with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - the only current to completely encircle the globe.

It's been tracking much, much closer to the Antarctic this year; well below the roaring 40s. Hence our winter has been a lot warmer and dryer than normal.

I know you're a keen weather watcher.

[malaise]

42. I learned about the Freemantle Doctor because of cricket

Weather is life

[canetoad]

50. This is actually

A pretty good time of the year. On 7 August we are at the exact mid-point between solstice and equinox. It might seem freaky, but I can pick up the slight change in the winds. The edge seems to go off them.

In Aboriginal calendars, this 'cross-quarter day' is the start of Early Spring. Funny how the ancients just knew this instinctively. I'm having a Saturday morning joint and anticipating some warmth.

[malaise]

53. I don't think it was instinct - I think they observed

and learned and passed it on.

Remember that massive Indian Ocean tsunami - some folks knew their oral culture and headed for higher ground. Collective memory failed others and they died.

I'm learning from you - didn't know about 'cross quarter day'. Thanks

[taught_me_patience]

38. About 90 and more hmid than normal in Orange county

Been this way for the last couple of days. Unusually hot nights.

[Luciferous]

40. 82 in Memphis, and we got some much needed

rain earlier.

[L. Coyote]

41. Heat records getting smashed by as much as 12 degrees in Oregon this week. 112 in Medford.

Smoke from 37 Wildfires Continue to Cloak Portland

Link to tweet

[malaise]

44. We haven't reached 100F

That would be shocking. I can't imagine those temperatures.

[L. Coyote]

49. I had experienced 110 before I moved to AZ in 1994. Summer of '95 I experienced the three hottest

days of my life in one week, 111°. 112°, and 114°. Then the next week I experienced the three hottest days of my life all over again, topping out at 118° in the shade!

[rzemanfl]

43. 86 on my patio near Tampa Bay. n/t

[mcar]

45. 95 in Central Florida about 3 pm

Soooo much humidity. Heat index had to be 105 or more.

[MyNameGoesHere]

46. Chicago was at 59

This morning and climbed to about mid 60 weird shit

[Binkie The Clown]

47. 93 with choking smoke from wildfires. n/t

[malaise]

69. That's awful -here's a good read about the fires and smoke

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/where-theres-fire-theres-smoke

[onecaliberal]

48. 103 Central Valley, California

[LovesPNW]

51. 95 in Portland, Oregon

It was 106 yesterday ...

[Baconator]

52. 65... Every day...

This place is weird...

[malaise]

54. Where? n/t

[Baconator]

55. California...

Army sent me somewhere nice... for the first time ever...

[malaise]

57. LOL

[womanofthehills]

58. 78 in high desert - middle of NM

The monsoons are here so it's all lush green.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

60. 93 at 7:13 in Central TX. At least you have the wonderful ocean? how far are you from it? nt

[malaise]

84. No ocean but water is water and the Caribbean sea is good enough

I can get to the waterfront in ten minutes when there's no traffic but the good beaches aren't in Kingston.
Bull Bay is closest but lots of current there - lovely swim but when the old men tell you not to go out in the deep on any give day, you listen. Hellshire (in St Catherine) used to be lovely but the beach has eroded big time (Frightening).

[grantcart]

61. 110 Phoenix

[malaise]

64. As in

damn! Guess it's cooling down

[marybourg]

76. Really? 'Cause it only got to 100 in the West Valley. nt

[grantcart]

79. I cheated, lol. It was 110 yesterday when I was in Buckeye.

for the last 3 weeks I have been travelling between Indio, Blythe, and El Centro and it was over 110 almost every day.

One really hot day in el Centro I went out at 10 pm and it was 100. El Centro is 100 feet below sea level and on the hot days it never dissipates.

[Lyricalinklines]

62. 97F and 16%humidity currently

Yesterday 104F and 26% humidity. Unhealthy air quality for children, elderly and those with respertory issues (fire smoke drifting in) here in Eastern Washington.
Unusually long period is high temps with no precipitation. No precipitation forecast for next 10 days, as well temps in the mid 90's.

*Choke choke*

[CountAllVotes]

63. Coast of California

A sunny and not too warm 64.6 degrees ...

Suits me just fine! I dislike the heat immensely!

[aikoaiko]

67. It is a blessedly cool 75 in Georgia.

[oneshooter]

68. At the time this is written it is 96 here in SE Texas, n/t

[marlakay]

71. Live on coast northern CA 70 today

and that is warm for us.

[mia]

72. 85F right now in Miami with a light breeze

It feels good outside.

[csziggy]

73. 75 F in Tallahassee Florida; 96% humidity

It's been cloudy and rainy the last two days - bands from the tropical storm that formed up near Tampa have kept us damp but cooler than normal.

[malaise]

85. Looks like you're the coolest place in Florida

[LeftInTX]

74. The high today: 99 - low: 78

84 now, but 91 with heat index. Dewpoint 72 degrees

I'm glad that I have A/C.

[Docreed2003]

78. Highs in the low 80's...Lows in the 50's here in TN

Seriously, I'm slightly alarmed at how mild August is, at least at the outset, this year! Feels like fall here, north of Nashville, most mornings!

[canetoad]

80. Is this thread STILL going on?

Who says talking about the weather is boring.

[malaise]

82. Ha

[Rhiannon12866]

81. It's 71 in NE NY right now, but we're expecting another storm

We had yet another big one this afternoon, trees down and some places lost power. I timed it perfectly, was on the way to the vet with my cat. I got soaked, struggling with the cat carrier, and Felix wasn't all that thrilled either. And cats have long memories.

[steve2470]

86. 77.9 F at 543 AM

https://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:32801.1.99999

[fmdaddio]

87. 81 Degrees

Fort Myers Florida at 6A.M. Forecast mid 90's.

[Glamrock]

88. 5:44 am

And 57 degrees on Indiana's great northern coast!

[betsuni]

89. Was about 91 degrees today, humid, typhoon approaching.

Evening now and the nearly full moon floats into the sky, cool wind. Cicadas make a loud rattling sound on their way to bed. I heard the first autumn crickets last night. I'm in Japan. Ghost stories are popular during summer because they scare a chill into you, so the husband and I are mindlessly watching teevee shows about ghosts.

It's always good for a laugh when we tell people we don't have air conditioning. Electric fans and cold towels only. The response is disbelief and shock, as if we said we didn't eat or sleep. The worst of summer heat is only a few months and it's not that hot and we're not elderly or in poor health. I refuse to be weak and give in. I like sweating, it makes me feel like I'm working hard even when I'm just sitting doing nothing.

[malaise]

94. We don't have AC either by choice

Are you in Japan?

[betsuni]

96. Yes.

Today it's sunny with a high of 95. The cicadas are screaming.

[Bengus81]

92. 76 in Wichita right now,should be 92 as avg high........

Really cooled down early Fri morning and looking for storms maybe some severe tonight--Sat evening. Yesterday and today are the first times I haven't run the AC since mid-May. We hit 107 about two weeks ago with several 100's in a row.

This is niceeeee..............

[mvd]

95. A nice 74 degrees here in the Philly suburbs

Nice break from the heat we have been getting. And no storms today.